By News Source Guyana on April 29, 2022
Crime, News
Family members of the two men found dead in a car in the parking lot of the Marriott Hotel are still making final funeral arrangements as they await the completion of the investigation and the green light from the Police for them to cremate the remains. While the Police have released the bodies to the […]
By News Source Guyana on April 29, 2022
Crime, News
The body of 53-year-old Corentyne resident Waynumattie Permaul was this morning discovered in shallow grave in her Kilcoy Chesney yard, seven days after she went missing. The woman’s husband, Avemanen Permaul has since been arrested for the murder and has reportedly confessed to the crime. The murdered woman was the mother of Guyanese cricketer, Veersammy […]
By News Source Guyana on April 29, 2022
News, Politics
The Opposition is not taking kindly to statements made by Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo, blaming the former APNU+AFC for the current financial state of the National Insurance Scheme. Jagdeo told Berbicians during a visit that the NIS is now in a bankrupt state and that should be blamed on the former government because of its […]
By News Source Guyana on April 28, 2022
News, Politics
Civil Society group, Policy Forum Guyana has raised questions about the inclusion of British Parliamentarian David Lammy, and Guyana’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations Carolyn Rodrigues as Directors on the Natural Resource Fund Board In a release, Policy Forum Guyana (PFG) said while it welcomes the long-delayed appointment of the Board of Directors of […]
By News Source Guyana on April 28, 2022
News, Politics
Foreign Secretary in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Robert Persaud is reminding Guyanese who are planning to return to invest and live in Guyana that Guyana is still a developing nation and they should therefore temper some of their expectations when comparing Guyana to fully developed countries. Speaking at an engagement hosted by the Ministry […]
By News Source Guyana on April 28, 2022
News, Politics
President Irfaan Ali met with the heir to the British throne, Prince Charles today as he continued his official visit to the United Kingdom. The President held brief talks with the Prince on various issues related to Guyana. On Wednesday, the President met and held talks with British Prime Minister Boris Johnson. Over the past […]
By News Source Guyana on April 28, 2022
Crime, News
A speeding mini-bus driver who lost control of his mini-bus while overtaking a car and slammed into a grader along the Uitvlugt public road has escaped with injuries that are not life-threatening. A number of his passengers also escaped with minor injuries while one passenger has been hospitalized. The Guyana Police Force said the accident […]
By News Source Guyana on April 28, 2022
Crime, News
Police investigators in Region Seven are probing the murder of a Venezuelan woman, whose body was found with multiple chop wounds and partly buried in a shallow grave in the Eteringbang backdam. Investigators have identified the dead woman as Deissy Antury Perdomo. She worked in the bordering community of Eteringbang as a clothes vendor and […]
By News Source Guyana on April 28, 2022
News, Politics
Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo has declared that the National Insurance Scheme is currently in a bankrupt state and is therefore in no position at this time to offer increases in the pension benefits for retired workers. The Vice President made the disclosure on Wednesday afternoon in Bath Settlement, Berbice as he faced questions from one […]
By News Source Guyana on April 27, 2022
News, Politics
The Durban Backlands former home of ex-President David Granger which now houses an office and his youth foundation was vandalised with thieves carting off more than $600,000 worth of items including computers that were installed for children in the community to use. The incident occurred sometime between the night of April 24 and the following […]